Phone background update:
For Valentines Day it has red lighting and flowers.
In the background, little bubble-heart things keep poppping up.

Really… this is a little bit too much. Haha

I’m looking at old pictures taken in the spring of my freshman year.
MAN I long for the sunshine. I wanna go outside without having to layer up beforehand.

I had a dream about Battlestar Galactica last night, and it has reinstated my angst for the season premiere on April 4th. Attention: a nerdy entry will soon follow.

I saw Lee Adama and Kara Thrace among normal surroundings, in a type of Neapolitan apartment in New York or some other densely populated city. I assume it was either Earth or Caprica, who knows. But everyone had looked changed and older. At first I thought that I had glimpsed the final outcome of the series, but then each of these characters kept looking in the mirror, unfulfilled with themselves. Lee in particular stared at his reflection in the mirror and gave a dramatic soliloquy on how the world is not what it appears and how he remembered a life far different than the one he was living. This brought me to parallel this dream with an episode of ‘Lost’ where Desmond remembers events from the future while he is reliving his past. If this were the case for Lee Adama in my dream, then that would have made the scenario all the more cooler.

The tone had dark yet vibrant colors, there was a high contrast that gave everything a surreal effect. Even the tribal-celtic music was featured in the background making the entire experience feel like a big commercial for Scifi, advertising that the world was so much more than it seemed. In the end, I woke up with a heightened yearning to watch the series again. Writer’s strike will soon end, it it hasn’t already. I am so hyped up about April 4th ~ this is truly the only show that I’m obsessed with this season.

I remember the days when I was so eager to satisfy you,
and be less than I was, just to prove I could walk beside you.
Now that I’ve flown away, I see you’ve chosen to stay behind me,
and still you curse the day that I decided to stay true to myself.

I just got an email saying that they’re electing a new VP of Membership for AKPsi.
And I guess looking back in retrospect, rushing was actually a pretty fun process.

Would I run for the position? HECK NO.
I’ve learned to start saying ‘No’ to offers that really aren’t fit for my palate.
I’ll probably be a pledge educator though. That sounds fun.
No more leadership positions for a while for me, thanks.

Damn myself for wasting time, and looking up my schedule for next quarter!!!
I have an 8 page paper to write for my war class: Account for the stupendous growth in size, geographic scope, duration, and intensity of WWII.

Maybe someone wants to help me out w/ some ideas har har har har. So far I’ve got my intro paragraph and my first bodies. I’m up to the 3rd page…sigh. THESIS: Technology was the fundamental reason why the war lasted so long; twas the oil that kept the gears of war continuously turning and turning faster.

Any way, here are the fruits of time-wasting labor:
1) MKTG 446 (4 credits): Implementation Marketing
2) MGMT 300 (4 credits): Managing for Org. Effectiveness
3) SIS 201 (5 credits): Making of the 21st Century
4) SPHSC 100 (3 credits): Speech & Articulation

1) an internship class once more
2) a required class for my major
3) a required class for my minor
4) the last VLPA credits I’ll need to graduate

Yesterday I went to the Marketing/Management Career Fair, not looking for a job rather than just career fair experience. However, the highlight of my day occured when this one recruiter came up and asked what I did last summer. I told him, “Studied abroad in Germany for a while.” He then proceeded to speak to me in German, and for the most part, I understood!

We had a brief conversation >>> in German <<< …
and then he tried to hire me to paint houses in the summer,
in which afterwards I slowly inched away.

But I was so proud of myself that I could comprehend the words of this guy.
AWESOME and EXCITING!

Wow, I don’t remember the last time I left the U.District for recreation.
I think I’ll go down to Chinatown for dinner tonight. Cow tongue = OoOoooo…

Also, I might be jinxing it but it’s starting to get a little warmer. Has anyone else noticed? The sun has been out a bit more, heating up the earth’s surface. Excellent. I hope frisbee and shorts season comes early. I desperately want to take a road trip to the Oregon coast and go hiking.

What the crap, why am I talking about all these fun things already? Haha.
I have to sort through the chaos first before I can even get my hopes up.
On a brighter note, this entry has established some goals I can possibly work toward.

Edit: I spoke too soon. After checking the weather, I discovered that it’s going to rain and snow for the next week straight. Brilliant.

Today was especially exhausting. I keep realizing my bad habits the hard way. From now on, to lessen the confusion, I shall respond to emails right away with at least an acknowledgment that I received them. There were a lot of people who were pissed at me because I neglected to do this. I guess I’ve just been so accustomed to never replying to emails that don’t require a response. This was typically the mindset of people in college that I never stopped to question whether the business world behaved in the same manner. BUT! I was wrong and from it there comes a lesson learned.

However, that’s only one of the things piling up my stress meter. Clubs and homework(s) are beginning to be too much for me to handle. I was considering cutting some of the major organizations out of my calendar, but when I came down to analyze their significance, it turns out that I just go to a lot of meetings that waste my time. Unfortunately, they’re all essential so they can’t be missed. If I HAD to start cutting down, I think JSA would be the first to go. Besides, I’m living with the president any way. I’d also cut out ASC Sports Day. Actually…I’m pretty positive that I WILL be dropping that one due to time constraints.

The major killer is the marketing class though. Opting to become the group leader probably wasn’t the best choice, but I don’t regret it because already I have observed that I am the only one who would have done the optimal job. Furthermore, I haven’t even begun to become swamped in academia, but once midterm season comes about, I’m sure that I’ll be going through some extensive aggravation. Please bear that in mind with the tone of my entries.

I looked in the mirror the other day and I found a couple of white hairs in my eyebrow. What the heck? Was it from the snow of Whistler, or is it from this hectic schedule? There’s just too much…too much going on in my life right now. But I guess I asked for it. Overall, deep down inside I know that this is the lifestyle that I chose to live and choose to enjoy ~ making me feel the most alive.

Transitioning to a more uplifting note, I did rediscover an effective mode of relaxation. After reading several chapters of my dry economics text, which was precluded by 8 hours of straight schedule crunching, I told myself that I needed to take a break. Of all the things I could have done: Facebook, Myspace, MSN, etc., I chose to call up an old friend and y’know I found that it did just the trick to boost my spirits. Doing it every once and a while is immensely refreshing. I know that I’m a big advocate for ‘moving on’ and ‘never letting the past hold you back’, but dipping into joyful memories every now and then with someone can be just the pick-me-up that cures even the toughest case of exhaustion.

I just thought that was worth mentioning, and hopefully I’ll be reminded to do it again next time I’m in a jam.

Back from the Great White North ~
The mountain was amazing, and I got to enjoy the scenery to the fullest extent like I’ve never done before. I guess this time around I just took the time to sit and relax. On another note, my snowboarding skills have moderately increased, but I still managed to wipe out enough times to keep me modest.

Although I can’t say that I’m fully rejuvenated, it was nice to forget about the troubles of home for a while. It’s sad, but now that I’m back, the work has already begun to pile up. There’s already a maelstrom of work both for school and the job. I’m going to start referring to my internship as a job; it’s a full time pain in the (_)_).

Any way, at least I got a few good pictures out of my vacation. Here’s the pic of the month as promised. Hopefully, this will become a fruitful habit that pays off for both you and me :